Current agricultural and food systems encourage research and development on major
crops, neglecting regionally important minor crops. Small millets include a group of small …

Climate change affects agricultural productivity worldwide. Increased prices of food
commodities are the initial indication of drastic edible yield loss, which is expected to …

Proso millet (Panicum miliaceum L.) is a warm season grass with a growing season of 60–
100 days. It is a highly nutritious cereal grain used for human consumption, bird seed, and/or …

Protein-energy malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies contribute to high mortality
among considerable proportion of the current 7.2 billion global populations, especially …

Barnyard millet (Echinochloa species) has become one of the most important minor millet
crops in Asia, showing a firm upsurge in world production. The genus Echinochloa …

Panicoids (subfamily: panicoideae) are a group of C4 grasses, which include agronomically
important crops such as sorghum and maize, bioenergy feedstocks including sugarcane and …

Key message Recent advances in Setaria genomics appear promising for genetic
improvement of cereals and biofuel crops towards providing multiple securities to the …

For several decades, researchers are working toward improving the “major” crops for better
adaptability and tolerance to environmental stresses. However, little or no research attention …

The APETALA2/ethylene-responsive element binding factor (AP2/ERF) family is one of the
largest transcription factor (TF) families in plants that includes four major sub-families …

C 2 H 2 type of zinc finger transcription factors (TFs) play crucial roles in plant stress
response and hormone signal transduction. Hence considering its importance, genome …